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dwastwood17 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 07/13/2025 06:30 am I have an interesting coin that appears to be Byzantine. It is bronze, 17 mm in diameter and weighs 4.25 grams. It shows what appears to be a stylized eagle with vertical lettering on both sides of the eagle. Can anybody help me identify it? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34453 Posts	Posted 07/13/2025 06:56 am Pretty sure it isn't Byzantine, but perhaps Greek. Hopefully someone with better knowledge can weigh in with a positive ID. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5181 Posts	Posted 07/13/2025 1:51 pm not Byzantine, probably Ptolemaic or Seleucid. Can't comment further, sorry. Report this Post to the Staff
dwastwood17 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 07/13/2025 4:11 pm Thank you all. Report this Post to the Staff
dwastwood17 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 07/13/2025 4:29 pm Thanks to your hints, I've identified it as an ANTIOCHOS VIII (DECADENT) AE18 Seleukid Kingdom RADIATE HELIOS & EAGLE, almost a perfect match with https://www.ebay.com/itm/3572069784...agle&itmmeta. What do you all think? BTW here is the obverse with his radiate head clearly shown. You can make out Helios' rays faintly at about 10 - 11 o'clock. Edited by dwastwood17 07/13/2025 4:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34453 Posts	Posted 07/13/2025 8:26 pm @dwas, yes that looks pretty close to me--very nice work! I wish that you coin had a little more remaining detail. By the way, since ebay link quickly get broken, here is a link to a similar coin on acsearch so that folks can learn in the future: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10556867 "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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